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James Brady
A lively journalist and columnist who moved easily between celebrity profiles and war writing, he brought a reporter’s eye and a Marine’s memory to everything he wrote. His books often returned to Korea, where his service shaped some of his strongest work.
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How to be a detective
by James Brady
About the author
James Brady was an American columnist, journalist, and author known for blending sharp magazine-world savvy with deeply personal writing about war. Born in Brooklyn in 1928, he served as a U.S. Marine officer in the Korean War, an experience that stayed with him for the rest of his life and became central to several of his books.
He worked in publishing and journalism for decades, including at Women’s Wear Daily, Harper’s Bazaar, and the New York Post. He is widely credited with creating the Post's famous "Page Six" gossip column, and many readers knew him from his long-running "In Step With" celebrity profile column in Parade.
As an author, Brady wrote both fiction and nonfiction, but some of his most memorable books drew on military life and memory. The Coldest War: A Memoir of Korea was especially noted, and his later books continued to explore combat, courage, and the people shaped by war. No suitable verified portrait image was confidently available from the sources I checked.